Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.
Director: Elaina Archer
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Diane Lane as Narrator (voice) |
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Chris Basinger as Self |
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Jeanine Basinger as Self |
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Cari Beauchamp as Self |
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Leatrice Joy Gilbert as Self |
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A.C. Lyles as Self |
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Bob Mitchell as Self |
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Barry Paris as Self |
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Maria Riva as Self |
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Michael Schlesinger as Self |
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Budd Schulberg as Self |
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Kevin Thomas as Self |
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Mark Viera as Self |
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Marc Wanamaker as Self |
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William Wellman Jr. as Self |
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Michael Westmore as Self |
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Holly Madison as Model: Special Shoot |
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Betsy Moore as Silent Movie Theatre Actor |
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Paul Tucci as Silent Movie Theatre Actor |
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Roscoe Arbuckle as Self (archive footage) |
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Theda Bara as Self (archive footage) |
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Clara Bow as Self (archive footage) |
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Louise Brooks as Self (archive footage) |
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Charlie Chaplin as Self (archive footage) |
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Joan Crawford as Self (archive footage) |
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Bebe Daniels as Self (archive footage) |
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Bette Davis as Self (archive footage) |
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Cecil B. DeMille as Self (archive footage) |
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Marlene Dietrich as Self (archive footage) |
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Douglas Fairbanks as Self (archive footage) |
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Greta Garbo as Self (archive footage) |
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John Gilbert as Self (archive footage) |
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Cary Grant as Self (archive footage) |
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D.W. Griffith as Self (archive footage) |
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Texas Guinan as Self (archive footage) |
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Ann Harding as Self (archive footage) |
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Jean Harlow as Self (archive footage) |
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Sessue Hayakawa as Self (archive footage) |
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William H. Hays as Self (archive footage) |
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William Randolph Hearst as Self (archive footage) |
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Leslie Howard as Self (archive footage) |
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Myrna Loy as Self (archive footage) |
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Mary Miles Minter as Self (archive footage) |
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Colleen Moore as Self (archive footage) |
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Owen Moore as Self (archive footage) |
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Pola Negri as Self (archive footage) |
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Mabel Normand as Self (archive footage) |
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Mary Pickford as Self (voice) (archive footage) |
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Edna Purviance as Self (archive footage) |
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Virginia Rappe as Self (archive footage) |
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Theodore Roosevelt as Self (archive footage) |
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Barbara Stanwyck as Self (archive footage) |
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Gloria Swanson as Self (voice) (archive footage) |
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Rudolph Valentino as Self (archive footage) |
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Fannie Ward as Self (archive footage) |
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Mae West as Self (archive footage) |
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Woodrow Wilson as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Elaina Archer | Director |
| Writing | Elaina Archer | Writer |
| Writing | Scott Eyman | Writer |
| Production | Todd Friedrichsen | Producer |
| Production | Elaina Archer | Producer |
| Editing | Elaina Archer | Editor |
| Camera | Todd Friedrichsen | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Todd Friedrichsen | Editor |
| Sound | Maria Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Haydee Serrano | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Sarah J. Baker | Associate Producer |
| Production | Jason Burns | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Hugh Hefner | Executive Producer |
| Production | Barbara Lockridge | Associate Producer |
| Production | Marvin Paige | Associate Producer |
| Production | Richard Rosenzweig | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Kathryn Rzasa | Supervising Producer |
| Production | John Sinner | Associate Producer |
| Production | Michael Yakaitis | Co-Producer |
| Art | Luana Osling | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Todd Friedrichsen | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jeff Levy | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Jeff Levy | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Patrick Nevins | Sound |
| Editing | Sarah Weiss | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kristen Kirst | Costume Supervisor |
| Camera | Craig Friedrichsen | Grip |
| Camera | Patrick Nevins | Grip |
| Camera | Bill Sheehy | Additional Photography |
